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Certified Bike Fitter, New England Cycling Academy.
- Certified Bike Fitter, FitKit
Fitting System (Certified since 1990 with concurrent
update training in 2003). Over 3,500 fits on this
system.
- Certified Triathlon Bike
Fitter, Fit Institute of Slow Twitch (F.I.S.T.).
- Experienced and instructed in
use of Serotta Size Cycle fitting apparatus.
- Triathlon Cycling Coach and Ride
Leader, Doug Stern’s Triathlon Training
Camp, Curacao, Dutch Antilles.
- Attended Walden School of Cycling,
Orlando, Florida.
- Triathlon Bike Fitter, U.S. Olympic
Triathlon Team Member (Sydney and Athens) and
2004 Triathlon World Champion Sheila Taormina.
- Bike Fitter for two additional
World Triathlon Champions and numerous elite level
athletes, Tour de France riders and Olympic cyclists.
- Completed bike fitting for over
3,500 athletes in last decade.
- Consulted on bicycle fit to bicycle
component manufacturers, frame builders, bike
companies and pedal companies.
- Instructor in the Rodale Press
Bicycling Magazine Rider Development Program and
a Bicycling Magazine Ride Leader.
- Contributing Editor: Velo-News,
Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, Triathlon Today!,
Outside, Bicycle Guide and others.
- Authored and published over one
hundred equipment reviews and editorial features
on endurance sports published around the world.
- Represented to the publishing
industry by Literary Agent Andrew Zack, The Zack
Company, New York, New York.
- Raced on all seven continents.
He has completed over 200 triathlons including
the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Kona,
Hawaii, The Nice Triathlon (Nice, France), The
Laguna Phuket Triathlon (Thailand), The Escape
from Alcatraz Triathlon.
- Ranked third in Michigan Triathlon
Grand Prix Points Series in his age category in
2004.
- Four time USCF/USA Cycling State
Champion in the Senior Men (Elite) and Masters
Individual Time Trial and Category IV Road Events.
- Raced in Europe with the Nike/Velo-News/Gatorade
Cycling Team as a Category 1 Elite Amateur Cyclist.
- United States Cycling Federation
Resident Athlete Development Program, Olympic
Training Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado under
the coaching direction of Chris Carmichael.
- Competed in four of the longest
adventure races in history: The 2002 Raid Gauloises
in Vietnam, 1996 Discovery Challenge Eco-Challenge
in British Columbia, 1999 Marathon des Sables
in the Sahara, Morocco, 2001 Jordan Telecom Desert
Cup world Championship of Desert Racing in Wadi
Rum, Jordan, (Top American finisher).
- Successfully climbed the highest
mountains on three continents and the highest
mountain in the western hemisphere.
- Former Technical Representative
for Time Sport USA and the former International
Sales Manager for Aerospoke Composites.
- Founder and Owner, Bikesport,
Inc., Dearborn, Michigan, United States.
- Content Director and Managing
Editor, www.bikesportmichigan.com
- Content Director and Managing
Editor, www.actiontom.com
